Situation

The City of León currently has 142,439 inhabitants, which sum 200,000 if we take into account the surrounding villages that are dependent on the municipality.

Its location in the north-eastern quadrant of the peninsula, an ineluctable doorway to Galicia and Asturias and the nexus of these regions with the central plateau, gives us an idea of the importance of its situation as a communications hub.

It is a city on the Camino de Santiago (Jacobean Trail), which has always afforded a warm welcome to the pilgrims, travellers and tourists who have made it their home for a few hours or days at a time.